What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior QA Automation Engineer position at Powdevs?
We're seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer with strong coordination skills and a passion for building high-quality software. The ideal candidate is a curious, proactive problem-solver with deep experience in both manual and automated testing across diverse domains (transportation, fintech, healthcare, IoT, government, etc.). This is an exciting opportunity to lead QA initiatives, build automation frameworks from scratch, and work closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced Agile environment.
\n- Design and implement comprehensive QA strategies and test plans for web, mobile, API, and microservices environments.
- Create and maintain automated test frameworks and suites (UI, API, DB).
- Drive CI/CD test automation integration using tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, and Docker.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to manage QA backlogs, write user stories, and define test milestones.
- Provide mentorship and onboarding support to new QA and Dev team members.
- Execute manual test cases when necessary (regression, exploratory, smoke).
- Generate test reports, track bugs, and communicate risk assessments to stakeholders.
- Continuously explore and introduce new tools, frameworks, and practices to elevate product quality and team efficiency.
- 5 years of experience in QA roles (manual automation).
- Hands-on experience building test automation frameworks from scratch.
- Strong ability to troubleshoot and optimize QA processes in complex environments.
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
- Experience in cross-industry projects (fintech, IoT, healthcare, e-commerce, government).
- English level B2 or higher.
- Experience mentoring QA or Dev teams.
- Familiarity with performance testing and metrics analysis.
- Understanding of DevOps practices and tooling.
- Prior contributions to internal QA process improvement.
- Automation Frameworks: Cypress, Selenium, WebdriverIO, Appium, Detox
- Languages: JavaScript, Python, Java
- CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, CircleCI, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
- Testing Tools: Postman, JMeter, RestAssured, TestRail, XRay, Browserstack
- Project Management: JIRA, Confluence, PivotalTracker, Trello
- Databases & APIs: Oracle DB, DynamoDB, MySQL, REST APIs
- Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe Agile
- Shape QA strategy in a collaborative team.
- Gain ownership of testing architecture and automation practices.
- Work on impactful, international products in industries like fintech and transportation.
- Remote-first culture with flexibility and autonomy.
